• No lifting greater than 1-2 pounds
  • May do self-care activities as well as light duty work such as typing and writing
• Make a fist 5 times an hour while awake; finger motion (full extension and flexion) is important for all fingers.
• Keep hand elevated above the level of your heart

Day 0-2

• Keep post-operative dressing in place
• Keep dressing clean and dry

Day 3

• Remove post-operative dressing; keep steri-strips in place
• Keep surgical site clean and dry

• Stitches are absorbable
  • A clear tag of the absorbable stitch may be sticking out of the skin; snip the tag of the stitch close to your skin.
• May get steri-strips wet, but may not soak (bath tub, swimming, hot tub, etc.); pat area dry.
  • Once steri-strips fall off and incision site is fully healed, water activity is unrestricted
• May gradually return to activity with no weight restrictions